The party sits outside the Diamond Palace, most of them of feeble mind, or asleep. Oh gets put on the hot seat, as she tries to figure out what her character would do in her situation. (Her first hot seat in D&D!) Afterwards the team speaks to the leaders of Elen, and faces down a aggravated elf. Despite being exhausted to his breaking point, Fendull accepts the Moonblade, and it receives its markings from those who would swear by his bravery.